Dear Parents, Here are some of our most important events this week. On Tuesday we went to the Israel Museum. My favorite part of the visit was learning about and seeing the Dead Sea scrolls. These manuscripts are estimated to have been written between 300BCE and 100CE and were found ...

Shalom Parents! family reunionYesterday was a special day in Israel. It was Seder Night. Almost everything was closed (such as shops, restaurants, cinemas…) and everyone gathered together for a family reunion! Each family has its own traditions which often depend on where they originate from, some will hit each other ...

Jerusalem April 17, 2016 Dear Aardvark Parents, I’m sorry that last week’s weekly newsletter wasn’t sent to you, I was leading the International Track’s trip to Germany. Here are this week’s highlights: We started our week with the weekly inspection. At the inspection Tally, the madricha for apartments 6 and ...

Shalom Parents! Another week of Aardvark is over. If I was asked to summarize the week in just a few words I would say: Sunny, Rainy, Exciting, and Hummus! If you want to hear a little more about it then keep on reading: Hummus WorkshopOn Monday evening the students went ...

Shalom Parents! Here in Tel Aviv we can already feel the spring. It is warm outside, but not too warm. A lot of people are heading outdoors and there are a number of events taking place, we can almost feel the Passover/spring break atmosphere in the air. Throughout the first ...

Shalom Parents! Today is the final day of the month of March, one of the program’s more intense months. Why? Because it was “Breakout” month on Aardvark. At the beginning of the month, now that the students have been here for a while and have a better understanding of what ...

Dear parents, This week I have decided to give one of our students the opportunity to tell you about the past few days. Here are some words from Adam Acker: caves near Beit Shemesh“This past Tuesday we had an incredible tiyul. Our group toured the stalactite and stalagmite caves near ...

Dear Parents,hikeBy now you will have heard about the terror attacks in Brussels, Belgium.We heard the news during the second day of our tiyul, a few minutes before starting our last hike and just before we lost internet connectivity (there is no internet reception in the desert). During the hike ...

Shalom Parents! hike By now you will have heard about the terror attacks in Brussels, Belgium.We heard the news during the second day of our tiyul, a few minutes before starting our last hike and just before we lost internet connectivity (there is no internet reception in the desert). During ...